The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-03
Local and state Notes.

The c., FL. & D. to-day open for passenger and
freight traffic their Plqua extension, which let's
their trains into Piqua proper.
In the month of September Belt road engines
handled g. 342 carloads of live stock. 400 more
than were handled in the corresponding month,
1885,
The Pennsylvania Company is ordering empty
ears East, pressed are they for to bring
their vest und traffic. which is heavy hey ond
parallel.
Although winter is coming on apace but few
railroads have shown any disposition inten-
tion to abandon the stove in the heating of
coaches.
F. E. Hayne has been appoin ted cashier of the
Chicago & Rock Island road. vice j. F. Phillips.
promoted to the position of assistant secretary
and treasurer OF the company.
d. r Patterson has been appointed assistant
general manager of the Chicago e. Eastern ILL
nois road. Robert Spencer succeeds him as
purchasing agent of the road.
On the frat of this month Mr.. Iglehart sew
sred his connection with the Chicago d North
western, and will today assume the duties OF
commissioner of the Chicago freight bureau.
The management of the Chicago 6 Indiana
coal road has purchased the sole right to operate
in the United States the CARPENTER Electric
Brake, European invention which is used ex-
teDsively in foreign countries
The North western lines are now Just in the fix
that the Eastern trunk lines were few years ago,
spelling for fight and if there is not an ugly
rate war it will be because the roads have grown
wiser as they have grown older.
West-bound business over all lines is simply
immense Last week the Bee-line brought west
i, los loaded cars, and the c., ST. l. Il +. l. 1876
and the west-bound movement over the other
lines was proportionarely heavy.
large per cent. of the men discharged from
the shops of the L., N. 81 A.C road on the first
OF last month will resume work to-day. The
company proposing to build some new works
as we'll as make general repairs to their entire
equipment
Richmond mourns the collapse Of the Ives.
Al nv
or Cincinnati as it was expected that Richmond
was to have another railroad, the C., HI. 81 D.
building 20 Jonesboro, there connecting with
the c., w. Sc Nj.
Louis road will show an increase In earnings of
Is DER cent. last month. when compared with
the earnings OF the spending period of
1856. IL now looks as IL the G., c., G. 81 l.
would not be called upon to pay any deficit.
Tho lines of the Pennsylvania Company west
of Pittsburg continue to show very handsome
earnings, and for the eight months ending Aug.
30. 1887. show q surplus above all liabilities of
$779, 947. being gain over corresponding period
of 1886 of 1858, I'll. or nearly million dollars.
It is quite evident that the Southern roads are
TO make fight for some of the pleasure travel
the coming winter, being determined that the
transcor tinental lines shall not get ALL The
shortening up of the time Of the Queen & Cres-
cent route 10 preliminary step. ana doubtless
rates will soon receive some attention.
When the L.. n. A. 6 C. complete their ex-
tension from cambridge 10 Brazil they will
have as short route between the block coal
mines and Chicago as has the Chicago & Indiana
coal road, and will at once become sharp COM
petitor for the coal traffic which goes from the
Clay county mines to North western points
There were transferred over the Belt road in
September Sc. 700 cars, against 40 oil the
ponding month in 1856, against So S75 in 1885,
against Sc. 39l in 1884, against 80 l81 in 1883
"a, $50 in 1882 From the above statement it
will be seen that the traffic over the Belt road
has more than doubled IN the last five years.
There is official authority for saying that
there Ia not the least grounds for the rumors
afoat in New York TO tine effect that the c., l.
st. L. Il G. road Ii to be leased to the Illinois
Central with guarantee of 5 per cent the
stock. The fact is that the Big Four next year
Will take its place among the per cent Der an
mum dividend-paying roads.
The monthly report of J. B. E. Eckman for
September shows that he weighed BIZ cars
which were supposed to be overloaded. the act
nal weight being 1O3, SOL. $50, weight given by
shippers. "a. SIG, 375 pounds, gain to the rail
road companies BY reweighing of 9.025, 476.
During the month there was A. 7l6 POI pounds of
platform freiehts weighed which the ship
psrs' weight was 3 S39. 1888. gain the railroad
companies through reweighing of S76,523
pounds.
The fact that the Wabash Western has
wheeled into line on the payment of commits
sions question makes il the more probable that
an ugly rate-war will be inaugurated by the
roads between Chicago and Kansas City, and in
the end further west 1t liz evident that the
Missouri Pacific and the Wabash Western are
inclined to turn the cold shoulder on the Chi
cago a Alton road, and, II they do so, the latter
In turn will open rats-war. as General
Passes niger agent Charlton is said to be more
ban ever determined that the Chicago u Alton